Russia would not have any aggressive plans towards the European Union. This, essentially, is the summary of the telephone conversation lasting over an hour between United States President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin.
What they talked about
What took center stage in the previous days was Berlin’s accusation towards Moscow. The Interior and Foreign Ministers of the executive led by Chancellor Friedrich Merz have revealed the results of the investigation into explosive drones at Leipzig-Halle Airport. According to German intelligence, Russia ordered sabotage at the airport.
President Putin, the agency reports Tax who quotes Kremlin advisor Yuri Ushakov, reportedly labeled the European accusations as “speculation”. For Putin, hypotheses about a Russian threat would serve as a pretext for the European Union to increase support for Kiev and increase its military spending. Then the Russian president’s statement about the absence of an aggressive plan against the European Union.
The telephone conversation then moved on to the war in Ukraine. “Trump told Putin that the end of the conflict in Ukraine would immediately pave the way for prospects of full restoration of relations between Russia and the United States,” Ushakov reported. And regarding the mission of the US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner to Moscow and Kiev, they would have been evaluated “positively” by both presidents. Ushakov also added that the tycoon “is interested in achieving a turning point in the resolution of the conflict during his presidency”.